
Dr. Omanakutty is a very senior music artiste from Kerala. Today, she is also a respected guru. She was in Chennai recently to give an endowment lecture at the Dept. of Music, University of Madras. She spoke to Revathi R of Kutcheribuzz and shared her experiences of over four decades. .
Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, the versatile musician started his career in music at the age of seven, in 1955. For over 50 years, he has been on the stage in various 'avatars' - a vocalist, a veena player, keyboard artiste (he calls the instrument - Swara Raga Pradarshini) and a Harikatha exponent. .
Dr. Krishna Raman graduated in Medicine in 1986 and has trained in the BKS Iyengar yoga system at RIM Yoga Institute, Pune, India. He practises western medicine and therapeutic yoga in Chennai. .
Indian music has always had a special place in the western heart. The veterans like of Pandit Ravishankar from the north and "veena" Balachander have been the pioneers in taking it to the west.